Lillian Hellman: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographical studies include William Wright, Lillian Hellman (1986); Carl Rollyson, Lillian Hellman: Her Legend and Her Legacy (1988); Peter Feibleman, Lilly: Reminiscences of Lillian Hellman (1988); and Joan Mellen, Hellman and Hammett (1996). Two important reference works are Mark W. Estrin, Lillian Hellman: Plays, Films, Memoirs (1980), and Barbara Lee Horn, Lillian Hellman: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1998). Doris V. Falk, Lillian Hellman (1978), and Katherine Lederer, Lillian Hellman (1979), offer analyses of her work. Other critical works include Alice Griffin and Geraldine Thorsten, Understanding Lillian Hellman (1999), and Mark W. Estrin (ed.), Critical Essays on Lillian Hellman (1989).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article revised. | Aug 05, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 26, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 16, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Lillian Florence Hellman. | Mar 18, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Lillian Hellman. | Jan 23, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Masters - Biography of Lillian Hellman. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Lillian Hellman. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Biography of Louis Armstrong. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Lillian Hellman. | May 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Lillian Hellman. | May 20, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Masters - Biography of Lillian Hellman. | Jan 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Man Ray. | Jan 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Lillian Florence Hellman. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Lillian Florence Hellman. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 03, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Dec 02, 1999 |
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